Prithviraj Sukumaran reprises his role from the original film, starring alongside Shakthi Vasu, Priyamani, Karthik Kumar, Anuja Iyer, and Vishnupriyan.

Shalee (Anuja Iyer), Meera’s friend, is a shy, reserved Muslim girl from a very strict family background.

Karthik (Lollu Sabha Jeeva) is a total showoff who tries to humiliate Shiva and Shakthi but ends up making a fool of himself.

The movie begins on an airplane as Shiva (a mature-looking Prithviraj, with a French beard and rimless spectacles in a business class formal attire), heads back to college to meet his friends.

In an ultimate twist, Shalee reveals that Shiva, who was running away from the police after breaking into an election booth, accidentally killed Shakthi after mistaking him as someone else, with chloroform as the latter suffered from asthma.

The film ends as Shalee says farewell to her friends and to the image of Shakthi, who is forever present on the college campus.

[3] A critic from The Hindu wrote that "Kumaravelan’s screenplay bubbles with youthful spirit in the first half while the knots are unreeled in the second".

[4] A critic from The New Indian Express wrote that "Though it seems a watered-down version of the Malayalam film, Ninaithale Inikkum does offer a different viewing experience to the Tamil audiences".

[5] Critic R. Richard Mahesh wrote that "Finally, Ninaithale Inikkum is a poignant film that has a middling start and gradually brimmed with interesting moments".